18 h. ago HMP Wandsworth prisoner dies after staff fail to properly give him CPR

Peter Honnor, 55, died of myocarditis at the south London prison in June 2024

Events

2 w. ago More than 2,600 prison staff ‘facing deportation’ under new visa rules

Justice Secretary David Lammy already under pressure after prisoner release fiasco at HMP Wandsworth

Events

2 w. ago Police searching for Palestine Action prisoner who absconded after being freed from prison for wedding

The government has warned that Sean Middlebrough may face a longer sentence after he absconded

Events

2 w. ago 'They're wild animals, all they want to do is fight. We can't cope': The brutal gang nightmare that has engulfed HMP Wandsworth

There can be few more forbidding prisons in the country than HMP Wandsworth. The Victorian jail, with its double-fronted wooden entrance beneath a gothic arch, is flanked by twin three-storey towers

Events

2 w. ago Prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif released by mistake is arrested after manhunt

Sex offender Brahim Kaddour Cherif was released from HMP Wandsworth prison in error

Events

2 w. ago Sex offender prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif released by mistake arrested and pictured

HMP Wandsworth prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif, who was mistakenly released last Wednesday, has been been arrested after the Met Police launched a major manhunt to find him

Events

2 w. ago Released sex offender prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif arrested as he says 'I'm someone else'

HMP Wandsworth prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif, who was mistakenly released last Wednesday, has been been arrested after the Met Police launched a major manhunt to find him

Events

3 w. ago HMP Wandsworth con reveals prisoners' 'hilarious' reaction after two accidental releases

Proinsias O'Doherty, who was released on Thursday, said prisoners at HMP Wandsworth made up 'a little joke' when they learnt that two prisoners had wrongly been let out

Events

3 w. ago Smiling wrongly released prisoner William Smith hands himself back in to Wandsworth prison

Convicted fraudster William ‘Billy’ Smith smiled and waved as he walked back into the south London jail

Events

3 w. ago Mistakenly released prisoner William Smith hands himself in after 3 day manhunt

William "Billy" Smith was one of two prisoners released by error from HMP Wandsworth

Events

3 w. ago Prisoner released by mistake sparking UK manhunt is back in prison

William "Billy" Smith was one of two prisoners released by error from HMP Wandsworth

Events

3 w. ago Robert Jenrick accuses David Lammy of 'Bulls****' on live TV amid row over mistaken prisoner releases

The comment came as pressure piles on the Justice Secretary after prisoners were mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth

Events

3 w. ago Two more prisoners on run after being released from HMP Wandsworth by mistake in fresh crisis for Labour

Police searching for Algerian sex offender freed from Wandsworth jail by mistake along with convicted fraudster – days after justice secretary claimed he’d introduced strictest-ever prison checks following Epping migrant blunder

Events

3 w. ago Prisoner manhunt LIVE: Search continues for migrant sex offender and fraudster wrongly released from jail

Justice Secretary under fire for staying silent during PMQs on the release of two HMP Wandsworth prisoners despite reportedly knowing about it

Events

3 w. ago HMP Wandsworth: Inside 'inhumane' prison at centre of wrongly freed inmates scandal

The notorious South London prison has been under public pressure in the past, with serious issues raised in past and recent reports, and a high-profile sex scandal hitting the courts in 2024

Events

3 w. ago A jail in crisis: HMP Wandsworth back in the spotlight with latest scandal

While prisoners released in error is on the rise, chaos at HMP Wandsworth has been previously laid bare

Events

3 w. ago Fury as two prisoners wrongly released from HMP Wandsworth in a week – and police weren’t told about one for six days

Anger as Metropolitan Police say they were only informed on Tuesday that migrant sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was on the run, six days after his ‘release in error’

Events

3 w. ago HMP Wandsworth release ANOTHER prisoner in error: Convicted fraudster and Algerian migrant sex offender 'who gave police false address while on bail' go on the run

On Monday, British national William Smith, who goes by Billy, was released from the scandal-hit prison by accident.

Events

3 w. ago HMP Wandsworth release ANOTHER prisoner in error: Convicted fraudster and Algerian migrant sex offender go on the run

On Monday, British national William Smith, who goes by Billy, was released from the scandal-hit prison by accident.

Events

3 w. ago HMP Wandsworth back in the spotlight after mistaken release of prisoner

While prisoners released in error is on the rise, chaos at HMP Wandsworth has been previously laid bare.

Events